The director of this science fiction docudrama pursues a new way of making cinema, as the film is set in and features residents of Ceilândia, a satellite city established by the Brazilian government to prevent the poor from settling in the capital of Brasília. Members of this primarily Afro-descendant community not only play versions of themselves on screen, but they determine their own narratives and take aesthetic inspiration from their environment to create a fascinating future. The story follows two middle-aged friends who build prosthetic limbs after an unjust assault by the police in 1986 leaves them both physically disabled. Focusing on the experiences of these two men and their community, the film shows that new futures can be created in a landscape of hardship. A parallel storyline shows an investigator from the year 2073, being summoned by a time travel machine to collective evidence against the state for their crimes and derail an event that will change the country forever. The traveler pursues social justice by following these two men who have been crippled by state-backed violence.

Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.)

Queens Museum visitors may use the code QMA20 to receive a 20% discount on tickets.